Australian Red Cross Society Outline of War Service During World War 2

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Series[UMA-SRE-20160054] HISTORY, ROLE AND STRUCTUREAccession[UMA-AC-000000293] Australian Red Cross 2016 transferIdentifierUMA-ITE-2016005400023Scope and ContentVolume detailing the activities and services of the Australian Red Cross Society relating to (1) Australian Red Cross Society Goverance (2) Blood Transfusion Service (3) Bureau of Enquiries for Missing and Wounded, and service for Prisoners of War (3) Convalescent Homes Service (4) Finance (6) Field Force (7) Handicrafts Service (8) Internees Service (9) Junior Red Cross (10) Library Services (11) London Committee (12) Medical Services (13) Nutrition Service (14) Overseas Relief Service (15) Peace Time Planning, (16) Prisoner of War Department, (17) Publicity Department, (18) Social Services Department, (19) Stores Service, (20) Transport Service (21) United Kngdon Unit (22) Women Personnel.
This volume is critically inportant in understnading some complex activities - for example the Bureau of Enquiries for Missing and Wounded and Prisoners of War (POW). This articulates its Foundation, Organisation, the Strucure between Central and Divisional Bureaus, its role as liasion of informaiton, Next of Kin parcels for POWs, Searchers Service (number of appointments, methods etc), the examination of letters and postcards for POWs under Commonwealth National Security Regulations, Ricprocal Cable Services, Standard Food Parcels, Next of Kin Parcels, Captor Parcels, Permit Parcels, Bulk Supplies, Education for POWs. Locations, names, positions filled and dates of service, stakeholder liasion, sections of the Bureau and how they functioned, information management and retrieval.
Volume is paginagted 1-155. Typewritten with 22 tabs most of which contain sub contents pages. Total 177 pages.
This volume was previously held it the ARC Library and bears a Dewy number on the spine and front cover.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2016.0054 Unit 0001Conditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright in records created by the Red Cross is owned by the University of Melbourne. However, use of the Red Cross emblem (a red cross on a white background) is protected by the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. Researchers should be referred to the Red Cross for permission to use the emblem. Contact the Red Cross Archivist in the first instance heritage@redcross.org.au Note that this condition does NOT affect the ability of researchers to request copies of documents including the emblem. Requests for reproduction can be responded to in the normal manner. The obligation concerns the use which researchers subsequently make of the emblem. However, if publishing, researchers need to obtain permission from the Red Cross to use any reproduction which includes the emblem.

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CreatorAustralian Red Cross Society, National OfficeRoleProvenance

Dates

Date1939-1945

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Previous System ID2016.0054.00023

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Australian Red Cross Society Outline of War Service During World War 2